Removable auxiliary strainer for kitchen sinks



May 20 1-924; 1,494,882

H. E. BARGER REMOVABLE AUXILIARY STRAINER FOR KITCHEN SINKS Filed Dec.11, 1922.

Patented May 20, 1924. i

UNITED STATES HARRIET E. BARGER, or NORWOIOD, oHI o. a I I i Applicationfiled December 11, 1922. Serial No. 606,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET E. BARGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in RemovableAuxiliary Strainers for Kitchen Sinks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to auxiliary-strainer devices for use in a handyportable manner in connection with the customary stationary or permanentperforated drainpipe disks or plates of kitchen-sinks in detaining andcollecting the solid refuse or sediment from dish-water and readily, aswell as cleanly, handling it into the refuse or cast-off receiver, andto avoid the necessity of directly Wiping off the said stationarydrain-pipe disks or plates -with the fingers after washing the dishesand emptying the used dish-water into the sink and while containing saidrefuse which has heretofore fouled or clogged the drain-pipe and thetraps below and rendering them unsanitary and otherwise unfit fordrainage purposes or other use.

The specific structure of the invention herein willbe fully described indetail in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of one inside-corner of anordinary kitchen-sink, showing my auxiliary portable strainer inworking-place therein; Fig.

2, a cross-section of the parts seen in Fig.-

1, but on a slightly larger scale and omitting the upright corner wallsof the sink; Fig. 3, a detail erspective view of the central or main boy-portion of the auxiliarystrainer, showing it as being made ofWiregauze and provided with a perforated sheetmetal resting-border andomitting its anchoring and presser members; Fig. 4, a de tailperspective view, similar to Fig. 3, but showing the said mainbody-portion as being made entirely of sheet-metal, and otherwiseomitting its anchoring and presser members; Fig. 5, adetail perspectiveview of the preferred form of crossed, arched bow-springs used in themaking of the said presser-member; and Fig. 6, a detail perspective viewof the peculiar resilient or snap form of locking and handling stem usedin removably attaching the auxiliarystrainer herein in working-positionin con- ,I I 1,494,882 PATENT OFFICE.

REMOVABLE AUXILIARY STRAI-NER FOR KITCHEN SINKS. f l L all as best shownin Figs. 1 and2, but more especially in Fig. 2.

. 7 indicates an auxiliary strainer-member, made of either wire mesh orgauze-(as in Fig. 3), or perforated sheet-metal (as in Fig. 4), andhaving a domed center 8 that is suppliedwith a central. opening ororifice 9 for the downward-passage of the-shank 10 of. a resilientdouble-l imbedor forked anchoring-device whose lower portion is flutedor corrugated at 11.to form seats 12 at opposite sides foroutward-pressure clamping-engagement with the middle hole 13 of the saidpermanentor stationary sink strainer disk or plate C, theconnectingaction of said forked shank being best shown in Fig. 2. Theupper end of the said shank 10 is made bow-shape to provide a suitablehandle 10 for'its manipulation to and from position in the auxiliarystrainer-member and sink-strainer disk below. The extreme lower ends 14of the anchor-shank 10 are slightly tapered for facilitating theirinsertion in the middle hole 13 of the strainer-disk C and theresiliency of the forked limbs of the shank causes its flutedseat-portions 12 to snap or spread out automatically intostop-engagement with the edge or side-wall of the said hole 13 forpreventing any accidental shifting or withdrawal of my auxiliarystrainer device herein from proper operating-place in the sink.

.The mesh or gauze form of auxiliary strainer-member 7 has a fiat metalborder 7", as best seen in Figs. 1 and 3, and minute I perforations aremade in said border for use in draining 011' any fluid or liquid matteralong the periphery of the main gauze-portion 7. Besides, this borderforms a reinforce or strengthening frame for the light wire gauze and aproper resting-surface on the peripheral part of the lower perforateddisk-member C, and, more especially, when wise.

15, arev bowed upwardly, dome-fashion, and

the resilient presser clamping-arms 15, 15, that have ali'ned centralorifices or holes (for the snap-fastener shank 10) are used inconnection with the said anchoring-shank 10 in properly sustaining orholding the auX- iliary-strain'er device of 'mine herein in attachedworking-position, ready for quick and effective removal from suchposition and to be handled from the sink,whence the collectionsofrefuse-matter onits facecan be easily transferred by inversion orbrushing ofi" into the sullage -receptacle, or other- The sald clampingpresser-ar-ms 15,

contact, or joint with the peripheral edge of the stationary disk C, orupon the upperface of the sink bottom B and not per-V mit any oozing orescape of the refuse or foul particles into the drain-pipe below whilemy device is in workingposition during the washing of the dishes andutensils, and while emptying the used dislrwater into the sink after thework is finished, or at any time during the work. The drainage of-thewater itself through my auxiliary-strainer device, with its dome-center,is not interfered with or hampered in the least, and the foreignparticles remaining are very conveniently'and easily removed therefrominto the garbage-receptacle or elsewhere, as desired, after each washingof the dishes and other utensils, including silverware, cutlery, cookingand eating devices common to the work, subsequent to their use,

The crossed resilient presser arms 15', 15, form substantial braces orsupports and open-barred reinforces, for the auxiliary strainer member7, especially when made of -wire-gauze, to prevent its being crushed orotherwise broken down or injured by the weight or shifting of thedish-pan in the event the latter should accidentally ,or otherwise comein contaotiwith it in the sink.

It will be readily "seen that the parts of my auxiliary-strainer are alleasily and cheaply 'made and" assembled, as. well as taken apart andreplaced or repaired,and that the device avoids thedisagreeable,inconvenient and unsatisfactory removal by the fingers andseparation of the foul or 'in the saidboldy-portion and said resilientbrace-arms for assembling them over'the customary perforated'disk in thedischarge-' opening to the drain-pipe of a kitchen-sink and with theenpansible lower ends of the said forked fastening device in detachable;

anchoring-engagement with the central opening of the said perforateddischarge. opening disk, substantially as shown and nannlnrn. BARGER.

described.

